Nydia S. Robles Design & Photography

09/27/2026

Can you identify this bird? Post your guess in the comments and click the link for the answer. https://buff.ly/2Uu5vqf
📸 Therese Sgarlata-Lutz

09/27/2026

PSA: Summer has left the chat and chlorophyll is OUT. Xanthophylls, carotenes, and anthocyanins are IN.

As daylight shrinks and temperatures sink, fall is officially fashioning up on the mountain—and it's giving looks courtesy of chemistry. Plants have been preparing for abscission (aka “cutting off”), restricting the movement of sugars between leaf and stem. As chlorophyll breaks down, other pigments finally get their moment in the spotlight: xanthophylls pop off in gold, carotenes in orange, and anthocyanins in red.

Heading to the trail? Time for a fit check! Keep an eye on the forecast, bring layers, and pack the 10 Essentials. Remember: there’s no bad weather, just poor preparation.

Every fall serves something different, with weather, drought, and early frost shaping the season’s palette. What looks will you be serving?

NPS Photo / Filo Merid

09/17/2026

09/16/2026

I have been collaborating with Winning Proof as a book cover designer for a few months now, so it was time to give my digital home an upgrade to reflect my new website design services! My new website now accurately displays my web design skillset. I am thrilled to unveil my new, seamless website and link-in-bio experience!

I've streamlined the experience on any device, and you will, of course, spot my signature illustrated leaping mascot—she is a key part of the visual identity.
👉 Visit the link in my bio to see the new look!

07/20/2026

You’d never guess all the kinds of places that would say, “can we get some copies for customers?”

Now when you eat Mochi Donuts in Cedar Rapids near Kirkwood, you can flip through a few pages. (If you can stop at just a few.)

We are shipping to a library in Nebraska and someone sponsored nine copies for a treatment center too.

We love how God and you are using this book!

Thanks Munchi Mochi for adding it to your store.

Who else should have it at their place?

07/20/2026

Congrats to Snoop n' 4 Jesus on their book publication!

After 19 years, it finally became a reality.

What started as a fragile dream—scribbled between medical appointments, single-mom exhaustion, and the echoes of a childhood where abuse and betrayal were called “normal”, slowly turned into pages, then chapters, then a finished manuscript.

There were years I questioned my own existence and nights I cried myself to sleep, convinced my story didn’t matter and that speaking the truth would cost me whatever family I had left.
But I kept writing. I kept healing. I kept trusting that God could take the darkest parts of my life and turn them into something that might help someone else survive theirs.

Today, after 19 long years, We are holding the proof in our hands:
📖 *In the Shadow of the Family Dog* is no longer just a dream—it’s real, it’s raw, and it’s out in the world.

****Thank you to my co author for helping me with the words to describe my emotions! I couldn't have done this without you Wendy Richards!****

This memoir is for anyone who has:

- Felt invisible or discarded by their own family.
- Lived with complex PTSD and wondered if healing is possible.
- Clung to faith when absolutely nothing made sense.

If my 19-year journey says anything, it’s this: your story is not over yet.

👉 Click here to learn more and order your copy: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Family-Dog-Betrayal-Transformation/dp/B0H62QFD4V/

Learn more: https://denamhodges.com/

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06/17/2026

🐾✨ LAUNCH DAY IS TOMORROW! July 18, 2026 ✨🐾
To the world, he was the beloved creator of Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. 🥜

To Dena Hodges, he was just Grandpa.

But what happens when you grow up in the shadow of a legend — while living through abuse, betrayal, and abandonment that no child should ever endure?

In the Shadow of the Family Dog is available tomorrow! 📖

This is not a story about Charles M. Schulz.

This is a story about his granddaughter — surviving the unsurvivable. Facing childhood abuse at the hands of the people who were supposed to protect her. Being silenced. Being forgotten. Being told her story didn't matter.
And then... choosing to live anyway.

With raw honesty and unwavering faith, Dena shares the journey from trauma and betrayal to transformation and healing. Because hurt people hurt people — but healed people change the world. 🌟
If you've ever felt invisible in your own family…

If you've ever wondered how to forgive the unforgivable…

If you've ever needed proof that God can restore what was stolen from you…

This book is for YOU.

🔗 Grab your copy today at the link below!

https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Family-Dog-Betrayal-Transformation-ebook/dp/B0H3CR8R8W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2US0QCHPOTLQE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tNysed68-wZ2eZObjhkSz6F3uiiuB-xGC-YjV2k1CYqPEKx4Qy35vwbo7fnDS3EkAdqEtIRboZudl9qwxzxWAQJl8MyeSFh2KBaVVrEP52mpJeQeaFa0cqAgsPUeE8P0iakhdom4Om9iIkVtovYJRiNs2EympSVS3KNNJcrNccZlwcdz9OH4rjsvn37xD6087dr8x29IVz09eDwkQ9GcK6hFkJDrV3OmZCSI18M17pw.YW1x2jXF5J2Yso7OsyxQJd3sKu7KpPKJwDW-SjSgCEg&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+the+shadow+of+the+family+dog&qid=1781716043&sprefix=in+the+shadow+of+the+famil%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-1

📣 Tag someone who needs this story. Let's make sure it reaches the people who need it most.